A Tour of Japan's Warring States Period

Chapter 663 8. Saints Appear Under the Morning Star

(Advance notice, those who don't like the title better not read this chapter!)

That night, the whole Yamauchi Fuchu Castle slowly spread that Fujiwara Danzheng was going to become a monk!

And a horse galloped to Sagami Odawara, and invited Archbishop William of Hamamatsu to come to Yamauchi to baptize Kobayata according to Kobayata's request.

When the news arrived in Hamamatsu, it spread to Kinki along with the merchant ship to Sakai. In just a moment, half of the country's people heard the news that Fujiwara Danzheng, the unparalleled leader of the East, was about to be baptized and become Christian.

And William in the Odawara Hall suddenly saw a team of Hojo samurai bringing a messenger. When he learned that Fujiwara Danzheng asked him to carry the holy vessels to Yamauchi for baptism, William was at a loss for a while.

After so many years of ups and downs, his preaching career finally reached a high (shielded) climax again. Looking at the charitable and peaceful statue of the Immaculate Conception in front of him, William immediately knelt down with tears in his eyes.

After praying, William immediately called his assistant and told him to guard the church. He packed his bag and happily followed the messenger to the mountain.

That night!

William rested in a lodging on Mount Hakone. The farmers in the village worshipped him because he was a widely respected monk. They tried to prepare a hall with cool breeze for him and prepared food for him as much as they could.

William firmly refused all the rich food and only asked for a bucket of cold water and a piece of bread for dinner. After seeing the comfortable residence, he felt uneasy and repeatedly asked to sleep in a poor house.

When he saw a cowshed of a villager in the village, there were many dry straws piled on the ground, so he thought it was a good place.

The people were all surprised at the missionary's willingness to keep poverty. In this turbid world, it is rare to see such a poor monk. So they gathered outside the cowshed, men and women, old and young, all sitting quietly on the muddy ground, ignoring the dirtiness of the cowshed, and listening to his teachings.

Seeing so many lambs seem to have found their shepherd in the lost way, William sat on the haystack, took out the scroll of the Bible, and turned to the chapter about the birth of the Son of God.

"A hundred years after the Roman soldiers occupied the province of Judea, their king asked the people to go to the Holy City to register and pay tribute.

Mary, the wife of Joseph, a carpenter from Nazareth, was already pregnant, but she had to go to Bethlehem under the order of the Romans. That night, the angels dreamed to everyone that the king of all peoples would be born in Bethlehem.

In the heavy rain, Joseph and Mary had nowhere to stay and were forced to live in a cowshed. And the Son of God was born safely in the wind and rain that night. He was so humble and poor, born in a manger. .

The villagers all felt that their king had been born, and they came to the cowshed to offer milk and honey. They wiped the body of the Son of God and offered linen to protect him from the cold.

The three wise men from the East were also inspired by God and came from afar to offer gold, myrrh and frankincense to the Son of God. They bowed respectfully to him and called him king, and his kingdom would be infinite.

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People were fascinated by what he heard, and William spoke vividly. A young monk who was standing by to guard William was about to get some water for William. After all, William must be thirsty after speaking for so long.

He walked out of the crowd and walked outside the cowshed, but saw a morning star shining brightly in the sky, shining on the distant Shinano Kingdom.

"Father!" The young monk immediately knelt down to pray.

Hearing the call, William walked out of the cowshed and saw the morning star in the sky. It was so bright, shining on the people of all nations in the world.

The people inside and outside the cowshed also saw this rare scene. (Nonsense, planetary resonance only occurs once every few thousand years, so it is naturally rare.) They all looked up at the brilliant star.

"Father God is forever!"

Seeing William kneeling down, the people who were inspired by him also knelt down. Just after listening to the story of the birth of the Son under the Morning Star, they saw the Morning Star light up again.

Isn't that the guidance of the Holy Father!

William looked at the Morning Star and muttered something, and the light seemed to penetrate his mind. In a trance, he seemed to see the Holy Father spreading his love to the nations on earth in the misty clouds. Countless believers received the promised blessings and knelt down to him.

He also saw the Holy Father looking after a majestic warrior riding a snow-white horse and wearing a white cloak, wearing a solemn and gorgeous crown on his head, holding a sword in his hand, and commanding thousands of troops to fight.

That must be King John of the East!

The descendants of the Three Magi from the East, the eternal high priest king, will help European Christians recover the Holy Land and ensure a smooth pilgrimage for all Christians!

Will sweep away all heresies that defile the glory of the Holy Father, create a new kingdom, and create the Kingdom of Heaven on earth!

This is a holy sign!

It is the Holy Father who is showing his holiness to me!

William's heart was extremely excited. He was finally inspired by the Holy Father and was able to see the Holy Face. At this moment, he was the person closest to the Father. He was bathed in the glory of God and even felt that his whole person was sublimated.

When he opened his eyes again, it was already dawn, and his own feeling was only a moment. All around him were people and believers kneeling down to him, because in the eyes of these people, William exuded a desirable holiness.

That kind of divine brilliance seemed to appear on him, making people believe that he was God's spokesperson on earth.

"My sons, do you have faith in your hearts?"

"We all want to believe in your way and listen to your commands!"

Just because of all the fantastic experiences, William's words seemed to come down from heaven, and everyone believed in their hearts at this moment, and found the truth in the lost.

After baptizing the people of the whole village, William left a priest in the local area to continue to preach the word of the Lord, and he went to Shinano again.

Such a magical experience made him have various speculations about Xiao Pingtai who was about to be baptized.

Why did the morning star light up in the east just before he was about to be baptized, and the holy light of the morning star descended on Shinano. Why did he see the legendary King John among so many saints.

Is this Christian king from the East going to be born in the country in front of him?

Open the Bible and continue to read the Gospel. I was just moved when I read it before, but now I feel that my mind is empty and shocked, and all kinds of thoughts are endless.

Thinking back to his interactions with Xiao Pingtai, everything that seemed ordinary at first became completely different.

It was Koyata who led him to meet the noble Grand Duke of the earthly kingdom, it was Koyata who supported him in building a church in Hamamatsu, it was Koyata who donated a magnificent church in Mikawa, it was Koyata who defeated the heretical army, and the heretical king summoned him and allowed him to spread the word of the Lord.

Is Koyata really a saint led by the Holy Father?

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